June 6, 2012Comments Off on Automatic shutdown at Indian Point reactor

A nuclear reactor in the New York suburbs has been automatically shut down because of a generator problem. Federal regulators and the plant owner said the Wednesday morning shutdown of Indian Point 2 went safely. They said there were no ...

Brookhaven National Laboratory will be shutting its gates this weekend to everyone but emergency response and other key personnel in preparation for Hurricane Irene. The federal research institution will close its doors at the onset of tropical storm-force winds, which ...

August 5, 2011Comments Off on Senate to take up bill to end FAA shutdown

The Senate is poised to pass legislation ending a two-week partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration that has cost the government about $400 million in uncollected airline ticket taxes and idled thousands of workers. A bipartisan compromise reached Thursday ...

August 4, 2011Comments Off on LI congressmen call for FAA reauthorization

A throng of furloughed Federal Aviation Administration employees descended on Long Island MacArthur Airport today, holding signs urging Congress to “stop the war on workers.” Two local members of Congress, Reps. Tim Bishop, D-Southampton, and Steve Israel, D-Huntington, joined them, ...

Days before a state budget is due, Gov. Andrew Cuomo says that the Legislature may force a shutdown of New York state government if it gets in the way of his cost-cutting plans. Legislative leaders meanwhile seem surprised at Cuomo’s ...